Making the World a Better Place
One Tuk Tuk at a Time
WORLD LITERACY FOUNDATION
For this year’s race, we partnered with the World Literacy Foundation to raise money for children’s literacy, an issue close to the hearts of Kublai Kai.
Literacy is a lifeline. More than 250 million children around the world are not learning basic reading skills—often due to a lack of access, not ability (UNESCO, 2023). A single book can open a world of opportunity and a change the trajectory of a child’s life.
Right now, millions of children—from rural villages in Africa to underserved communities in the U.S.—are growing up without books or the support they need to learn to read and thrive.
Your support powers the World Literacy Foundation’s work to deliver free books, literacy tools, and educational resources to the children who need them most.
COOL EARTH
Each team will also be raising money for Cool Earth, the official charity of the Rickshaw Run, who’s mission is to work with rainforest communities to protect their local environment. By setting up in-country teams to work directly with communities and local NGOs to develop their capacity, their partnerships are always community-led with a focus on people and place. To date they’ve reduced carbon on our planet by over 15 million tons and protected 99,162 hectares of rainforest.
